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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #150 on: March 09, 2019, 05:06:24 PM »
Holy continuity problems batman

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I still fail to see why/how she is supposed to be so much more powerful than Superman. Time travel? Big deal -- Superman was doing time travel in the comic books back in the 1950s.
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #151 on: March 09, 2019, 05:08:03 PM »
HG Wells was doing Time Travel in 1895
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #152 on: March 09, 2019, 08:56:09 PM »
HG Wells was doing Time Travel in 1895

Whose superhero universe is H.G. Wells a part of?
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #153 on: March 09, 2019, 11:02:31 PM »
Whose superhero universe is H.G. Wells a part of?

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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #154 on: March 10, 2019, 06:28:25 PM »
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #155 on: March 10, 2019, 08:17:40 PM »
Okay kids, in a nutshell while trying to avoid spoilers.  Maybe it's just me, but I didn't notice a lib agenda.  Maybe if you really looked for one, like a cop looking for a traffic infraction, you can find one.  Maybe with the whole alien war/refugee thing.  If it was, it was done with great subtlety, such that I could ignore it.  And the women in power thing?  Other than a throw away joke in a flashback with a male pilot making a sexist joke, I didn't feel like they were beating the feminist drum here.  I felt a lot like the character could have just as easily been a Male, and the story wouldn't have changed.  Her best friend being black?  Also nothing made of it.

 I enjoyed it.  A lot like Guardians of the Galaxy in its tone.  Some good 80s and 90s music in the soundtrack.  I would watch it again.

As for Larson, I predict she will either learn to shut up, or she will not be working for Disney for long.  They value their fan base, and more so the money it brings in, to risk alienating any part of it due to a star spouting off too much.
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #156 on: March 10, 2019, 08:27:56 PM »
Overheard a conversation about the movie during lunch at work.

Three guys, two didn’t like it, one did.

The two thumbs down guys just thought it was a weak movie compared to the rest in the genre.

These guys are all on the political left so I doubt politics was an issue with any of them.

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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #157 on: March 10, 2019, 10:30:26 PM »
Okay kids, in a nutshell while trying to avoid spoilers.  Maybe it's just me, but I didn't notice a lib agenda.  Maybe if you really looked for one, like a cop looking for a traffic infraction, you can find one.  Maybe with the whole alien war/refugee thing.  If it was, it was done with great subtlety, such that I could ignore it.  And the women in power thing?  Other than a throw away joke in a flashback with a male pilot making a sexist joke, I didn't feel like they were beating the feminist drum here.  I felt a lot like the character could have just as easily been a Male, and the story wouldn't have changed.  Her best friend being black?  Also nothing made of it.

 I enjoyed it.  A lot like Guardians of the Galaxy in its tone.  Some good 80s and 90s music in the soundtrack.  I would watch it again.

As for Larson, I predict she will either learn to shut up, or she will not be working for Disney for long.  They value their fan base, and more so the money it brings in, to risk alienating any part of it due to a star spouting off too much.
I think there are a lot of Star Wars fans who disagree with that part.   Of course, I don't think Disney realized what they were meddling with in that case. 

Glad to hear Larson's antics were her own and not shared by the movie.  I may try to see it next weekend. 
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #158 on: March 10, 2019, 11:39:14 PM »
There are problems with this movie, glad I didn't pay to see it. It messed up the continuity of the other movies in several ways and felt like they just let someone mess with the plot who hadn't seen the rest of the movies. There were also leaps ovr huge plot holes in the movie that didn't make sense, and yes there was a political agenda, subtle, but it was there. Also seemed like the acting was phoned in.
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #159 on: March 11, 2019, 04:45:16 PM »
I think there are a lot of Star Wars fans who disagree with that part.   Of course, I don't think Disney realized what they were meddling with in that case. 



Word.

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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #160 on: March 11, 2019, 08:09:27 PM »
There are problems with this movie, glad I didn't pay to see it. It messed up the continuity of the other movies in several ways and felt like they just let someone mess with the plot who hadn't seen the rest of the movies. There were also leaps ovr huge plot holes in the movie that didn't make sense, and yes there was a political agenda, subtle, but it was there. Also seemed like the acting was phoned in.

Yup. The director and co-director have both even admitted to it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vo5ZEgWV1-U
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #161 on: March 11, 2019, 08:37:25 PM »
Maybe it's just me.  Maybe it's that I'm getting tired of all the bovine scat.  Or maybe I'm just getting too old...

But of those who saw the movie, why is it bad?  I don't mean the quality of the movie, but the "agenda" I must have missed, or the pro feminist angle that means I as a white male shouldn't like it?  I didn't see any overt male bashing.  I didn't notice any "white men are bad" message coming through.  Again, am I just growing blind to this stuff???
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #162 on: March 12, 2019, 08:04:55 PM »
Interesting look at Captain Marvel opening sales, and adjusted for ticket price inflation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlKZftJvp74
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #163 on: March 16, 2019, 10:58:32 AM »
On a related note

James Gunn Gets His Job Back as 'Guardians of the Galaxy' Director
https://townhall.com/entertainment/cortneyobrien/2019/03/16/james-gunn-gets-his-job-back-as-guardians-of-the-galaxy-director-n2543216

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I'm sure the fact that many of the main actors of a major cash cow saying they wouldn't work with any one else but Gunn had nothing to do with it.  ;/
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #164 on: March 16, 2019, 06:15:14 PM »
I decided to watch Captain Marvel this afternoon.  I didn't notice any particular agenda.  If I had to say there was an agenda, it would be about refugees looking for a new home not feminism.  There was a little bit of tough girl stuff and "she's only a girl" in part of it, but that was part of the story and I wouldn't call it an agenda.  If I had any criticism of Larson it may just be that she doesn't really have the build of a soldier which is what she is supposed to be at the beginning.  I wouldn't count it as the best Marvel movie, but certainly not the worst.  Decent superhero flick with aliens (but I kind of liked Green Lantern so take that for what its worth).  
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #165 on: March 20, 2019, 09:20:35 PM »
My wife and I went and saw it this afternoon. Caught the 5:00 pm show. Had a private screening, not another soul in the theater with us.
I enjoyed it.
Larson isn't bad but she's no Gal Gadot.  =D
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #166 on: March 20, 2019, 09:45:08 PM »
Larson isn't bad but she's no Gal Gadot.  =D

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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #167 on: March 20, 2019, 09:53:46 PM »
Troglodyte.  Did you just judge her body?


Damn straight I did.

 =D

Not really,  just her 2nd tier acting ability.
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« Reply #168 on: March 20, 2019, 10:02:28 PM »
Damn straight I did.

 =D

Not really,  just her 2nd tier acting ability.

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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #169 on: March 21, 2019, 09:27:40 AM »
One thing I neglected to mention, the theater we prefer to go to now serves beer and liquor/mixed drinks.
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« Reply #170 on: March 21, 2019, 12:34:13 PM »
One thing I neglected to mention, the theater we prefer to go to now serves beer and liquor/mixed drinks.


So that didn't sway your review at all, right?
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #171 on: March 21, 2019, 03:03:19 PM »
So that didn't sway your review at all, right?

I was driving so no barely pop for me.
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #172 on: April 23, 2019, 02:54:05 PM »
Brie Larson update... been emailing an old friend, who works in the entertainment industry.  He's a part of the Avengers:Endgame group touring in support of the movie.  He also did some work on a few other films, including Captain Marvel.  He said Brie Larsen didn't get it at first.  She saw the movie as a chance to step into the spotlight a d push her agenda, as we suspected.  Apparently, there were some conversations with managers, lawyers, and Disney execs about her future with the franchise if she didn't knock it off. There was also a conversation with a couple of bug name stars reminding her not to bite the hand that feeds her.  She's now playing along quite nicely...
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Re: I Wonder How the New Captain Marvel Will Do?
« Reply #173 on: April 23, 2019, 03:07:49 PM »
Brie Larson update... been emailing an old friend, who works in the entertainment industry.  He's a part of the Avengers:Endgame group touring in support of the movie.  He also did some work on a few other films, including Captain Marvel.  He said Brie Larsen didn't get it at first.  She saw the movie as a chance to step into the spotlight a d push her agenda, as we suspected.  Apparently, there were some conversations with managers, lawyers, and Disney execs about her future with the franchise if she didn't knock it off. There was also a conversation with a couple of bug name stars reminding her not to bite the hand that feeds her.  She's now playing along quite nicely...

I saw an interview where Don Cheadle pointedly talked about handing off the franchise and "All Brie has to do is not screw it up."

I've told my wife that I'm going to be considering this movie the end of the MCU. I'm just hoping they don't screw THIS one up before they do hand it off to the SJW who will screw it all up.
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